Kelly McGee, a student at West Morris Central High School, and Samantha Service, a student at West Morris Mendham High School, have won scholarships from the Morris County Psychological Association.

The annual scholarships are open to all high school students in Morris County who are taking classes related to the behavioral sciences. Classes include psychology, human and/or animal behavior, child development, and sociology. The purpose of the scholarship is to stimulate and encourage the study of the behavioral sciences among high school students, said a statement.

Students submitted papers previously written as part of their regular course work.

A total of 33 students from 10 Morris County schools submitted entries, which were then judged by 23 psychologists.

The winners, including McGee and Service, who won the top awards, were honored at a reception on June 6 at the Hamilton Park Conference Center in Florham Park. Each winner received a $150 award.

McGees teacher was Erin Feltmann and her entry was To what extent may Freuds theories on the origins of homosexuality be considered valid when analyzed through biological and developmental prisms?

Services teacher was Jennifer Brown and her entry was An experiment to investigate the effect of word superiority on the correct identification of letters within the word.

The honorable mentions were: Trevor Brown, Halina Malinowski and Jillian Fahy from West Morris Central High School, Erin Feltmann, teacher; Emma Pallarino from Morristown High School, Erin Colfax, teacher; Caroline Duvall and Caroline Hall from West Morris Mendham High School, Jennifer Brown and Kristina Piirimae, teachers; Harim Jung from Madison High School, Paul Mueller, teacher; and Natasha Kazkevich from Morris Knolls High School, John Hrynyk, teacher.

Judges were Rhonda Allen, Lauren Becker, Randy Bressler, Richard Dauber, Mark Gironda, Hayley Hirschmann, Tommy Kot, Jack Lagos, Geraldine Lucignano, Brendan McLoughlin, Morgan Murray, Nicole Rafanello, Debi Roelke, Francine Rosenberg, Nancy Sidhu, Jeffrey Singer, Beverly Tignor, Aaron Welt, Miriam Wolosh, Paul Yampolsky, Joshua Zavin, Michael Zito, and Jeannine Zoppi. The scholarship program was chaired by Susan Neigher.

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Behavioral science students gain association scholarships in Morris County